trickle

1. V-T/V-I When a liquid trickles, or when you trickle it, it flows slowly in a thin stream. 使細(xì)流; 細(xì)流

A tear trickled down the old man's cheek. 一滴淚水順著老人的麪頰流了下來。

2. N-COUNT Trickle is also a noun. 細(xì)流

There was not so much as a trickle of water. 一點兒細(xì)流的水也沒有。

3. V-I When people or things trickle in a particular direction, they move there slowly in small groups or amounts, rather than all together. (陸續(xù)地) 慢慢移動

Some donations are already trickling in. 一些捐款已經(jīng)陸續(xù)到了。

4. N-COUNT Trickle is also a noun. 慢慢移動

The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle. 洪水般的車流現(xiàn)已減緩爲(wèi)慢慢移動了。